Full English Breakfast
Before you start
Get this prep done first and the cook runs a lot calmer: all knife and measuring work with no heat.
2 large potatoes: peeled, ready to grate
Sausages and bacon: out of the fridge and laid out ready
Eggs: cracked into a small bowl each, ready to slide into the pan
In order
7:55 am
3 min
hob + oven
Preheat oven to 180 °C fan / 200 °C. Grate the potatoes, season with salt, and tip into a sieve to drain
2 large potatoes · salt
● hands-on
Done when: potato is coarsely grated, salted, and sitting in the sieve
7:58 am
2 min
oven
Sausages onto a tray, into the oven
6 sausages · baking tray
● hands-on
7:58 am
10 min
sink
Potato draining
grated potato in the sieve
○ mostly hands-off
Done when: surface looks dry and a little translucent; this is what lets it crisp instead of steam
8:00 am
12 min
oven
Sausages roasting
oven at 180 °C fan
○ mostly hands-off
8:08 am
2 min
hob
Squeeze the potato hard in a clean tea towel to remove all the liquid, then shape into patties
clean tea towel · salt & pepper
● hands-on
Done when: as much liquid squeezed out as possible; a wetter mix steams instead of crisping
8:12 am
1 min
oven
Turn the sausages
tongs
● hands-on
8:13 am
12 min
oven
Sausages finishing
oven at 180 °C fan
○ mostly hands-off
Done when: browned all over with no pink inside; total oven time about 25 min
8:17 am
8 min
hob
Fry the hash browns, turning once
potato patties · oil
● hands-on
Done when: deep golden and crisp on both sides
8:18 am
7 min
hob
Fry the bacon
6 rashers bacon
● hands-on
Done when: crisp at the edges, turning once halfway
8:25 am
1 min
hob
Move sausages, hash browns and bacon onto warm plates; wipe the pan
warm plates · kitchen paper
● hands-on
8:26 am
4 min
hob
Fry the eggs to your liking
2–4 eggs · knob of butter or splash of oil
● hands-on
Done when: whites set and yolk still soft; slide straight onto the plates and serve
8:30 am
Plate & serve
Timings are scheduled so everything is ready at 8:30 am. Adjust the “Ready by” time above to fit your morning.